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May 22, 2013
Press Release
Today, Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman spoke on the House Floor during debate of H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, to call on Congress to oppose the bill, which provides special treatment for TransCanada and the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The bill effectively exempts the pipeline from all federal permitting requirements, including mitigation of avoidable environmental harm....
May 22, 2013
Press Release
Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the policy implications of enactment of a carbon tax. The CBO report makes a compelling case for inclusion of a carbon tax in any legislation to reduce the deficit or reform the tax code.
May 21, 2013
Press Release
Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a Dear Colleague letter urging a no vote on H.R. 3, the “Northern Route Approval Act,” which effectively exempts the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from all federal permitting requirements. The House will debate and vote on the bill tomorrow, May 22. The Committee has additional information on H.R. 3 available online here. ...
May 9, 2013
Press Release
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), releasing today the third in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) are leading this effort to review the law and its implementation and...
May 7, 2013
Press Release
Today, Representative Henry A. Waxman and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse sent a letter to Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Bob Perciasepe urging the Agency to reconsider its decision not to regulate methane emissions from coal mines, the fourth largest source of methane emissions in the United States. Reducing methane emissions could delay warming of the atmosphere and...
Apr 12, 2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on Friday, April 12, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on a discussion draft of H.R. ___, the "Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013."
Mar 29, 2013
Press Release
Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Tier 3 rulemaking to require cleaner gasoline and lower-pollution vehicles nationwide:
Mar 12, 2013
Press Release
Today, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Representative Earl Blumenauer, and Senator Brian Schatz released draft carbon-pricing legislation and solicited feedback on it from stakeholders and the public. The legislation would establish the polluter pays principle for dangerous carbon pollution, requiring large emitters to pay for the pollution they emit.
Mar 12, 2013
Bill
On March 12, 2013, Reps. Waxman and Blumenauer and Sens. Whitehouse and Schatz released a discussion draft of a bill that would establish the polluter pays principle for dangerous carbon pollution, requiring large emitters to pay for the pollution they emit.
The legislation assigns responsibility for the assessment and collection of the carbon fees based upon the expertise that has already...
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